GENE495 Master's Thesis Preparation

Preparation of a thesis proposal/preliminary thesis research. Normally taken by students
in the papers year for a Master’s degree by papers and thesis.

GENE 495 is a paper on preparation for carrying out a research project in which students
use their own research topic to fulfil the requirements for assessment. The objective
of this paper is to allow students to carry out preliminary work for their research
project and to provide students with training in preparing and communicating research
proposals and in reviewing the literature in their own field.

Students carry out GENE 495 under supervision of any member of the Genetics research
and teaching staff.

Paper Structure

Students are based in a research laboratory.They are required to prepare a review
of the relevant scientific literature, to prepare a research proposal and to carry
out and report on preliminary research for their project.

The objective of this paper is to allow students to carry out preliminary work for
their research project and to provide students with training in preparing and communicating
research proposals and in reviewing the literature in their own field.